Originally posted by Blender
Originally posted by spy66
reply to post by Blender
Then you don't believe in scientific facts?
550 million years ago your relatives where Flatworms swimming in water. And their old relatives before them some 900 million years were
choanoflagellates.
If you put science and religion together you get a great mystery with a few facts.
Of course I believe in scientific facts... That doesn't mean that I need to believe that we evolved from flatworms. Last I checked, evolution was
just a "theory".
SCIENTIFIC THEORY:
(from wiki) "In the scientific or empirical tradition, the term "theory" is reserved for ideas which meet baseline requirements about the kinds of
empirical observations made, the methods of classification used, and the consistency of the theory in its application among members of the class to
which it pertains. These requirements vary across different scientific fields of knowledge, but in general theories are expected to be functional and
parsimonious: i.e. a theory should be the simplest possible tool that can be used to effectively address the given class of phenomena. Such theories
are constructed from elementary theorems that consist in empirical data about observable phenomena. A scientific theory is used as a plausible general
principle or body of principles offered to explain a phenomenon."
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Do you believe in Einsteins theory of Relativity, the Big Bang or Plate Tectonics, Anatomy, Architecture, Geometry or Gravity? All theories.
And you don't need to believe we evolved from flatworms but accept we are related to the flatworm, like a cousin.
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COMMON DESCENT
rationalwiki.com...
[Common descent is the theory that all living organisms on Earth descended from a common ancestor. Biologists have evidence that all life developed
from a common ancestor that lived just under 4 billion years ago, and the concept is accepted by virtually all scientists working in the field. The
structures and functions of all living organisms are encoded in the same basic nucleic molecules, DNA and RNA. Similarities in amino acid sequences
between various organisms also suggest common descent, and the fossil record also shows cases in which one plant or animal type evolved into different
types over time. The details of this process are shown in clade diagrams.
Creationists reject common descent as it implies an evolutionary model. Young Earth creationists, as Biblical literalists, reject it outright,
believing that life was created within a few days less than ten thousand years ago. Intelligent design proponents may accept some aspects of common
descent, as long as they are allowed to claim that the "designer" mucked with the genes and mutations along the way, but usually just claim "we
don't know" what happened.[1][2] C design proponents probably believe a muddled overlap of these positions. ] wiki re: common descent
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PSEUDOSCIENCE -wiki definition
* Alternative medicine
* Astrology
* Creation science
* Cryptozoology
* Homeopathy
* New Age
* Parapsychology
* Scientology
* Supernatural
* Ufology
Pseudoscience is any belief system or methodology which tries to gain legitimacy by wearing the trappings of science, but fails to abide by the
rigorous methodology and standards of evidence that demarcate true science. Promoters of pseudoscience often adapt the vocabulary of science,
describing conjectures as theories or laws, often providing evidence from observation, expert testimonials, or even developing what appear to be
mathematical models of their ideas. However, in pseudoscience there is no real attempt to follow the scientific method, provide falsifiable
predictions, develop double blind experiments, or publish in peer reviewed literature. Pseudoscience is designed to have the appearance of being
scientific, but it lacks any of the substance of science.] entire quote from wiki
Note: Since ATS does attempt to follow scientific methods and peer review our topics are a solid step above Pseudoscience!
ow... and I think I just shot myself in the foot.
[edit on 1-3-2010 by rusethorcain]